Oil Can Boyd

Saw the show last night in Boston and it was fantastic; I really love this band. As with most of this tour they opened with a quieter/acoustic set (including a tasty cover of Balancing Act by 1980s Boston band Volcano Suns) and a great version of Ohm. Then they took a break, came back, and plugged in the guitars for a loud second set. That set also included a version of Ohm and ended with a 15+ minute guitar freakout of Pass the Hatchet I Think I’m Goodkind. The encore included a Velvets cover (I Heard Her Call My Name) and an Only Ones song (The Whole of the Law). My only disappointme

Yo La Tengo!

Taking my daughter to see Passion Pit

"The scared is scared of things that you like ..." http://vimeo.com/58659769 Hmmm, can't get this to link properly but it's a great video where a filmaker asked a six year old what the movie should be about and then made it.

Was about to write the exact same thing (from Arlington). They say the heaviest snow and wind will be between now and 5:00 AM - and it's very windy and snowing pretty hard right now.

Listening to it now ...

Their facebook page now says: "We are preparing to go live with the new album/website this evening. We will make an announcement as soon as its up."

I was going to say what a nice job Beltmann did in addressing the comments but GtrPlyr nailed everything I was going to say about what a nice job Beltmann said.

Don't know if these sorts of plugs are allowed but Bill Janovitz now has a Pledge Music campaign up to finish his album. He's got some interesting treats for people who are pledging: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/billjanovitz

The Red Sox and Mike Napoli have agreed to a one-year deal worth $5 million with incentives that could bring the total value to $13 million, major league sources confirmed. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2013/01/report_napoli_a.html

This is the first one I thought of because it may be my favorite album of all time but if I'm being completely honest I'll say that it would be a better album if Lily Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts was three minutes long instead of nine.

Rex Trailer

I like Perotta in general but I really liked that book.

Good news on this front (via slicingupeyeballs.com): The final tracklist for the The Replacements’ upcoming Songs for Slim benefit/reunion EP — featuring four songs recorded by Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson, plus a fifth by Chris Mars — was unveiled tonight on the project’s Facebook page amid reports that an auction for the 250 limited-edition singles could start next week. As previously reported, the EP, which will be released by New West Records, features Westerberg and Stinson performing covers of former bandmate Slim Dunlap’s “Busted Up,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from the Broad

I am new to all of this but the other day my 14 year old daughter came down stairs and said "can we start watching Doctor Who?" So we started with the 2005 season on netflix and are pretty well hooked at this point. I think we've watched seven episodes over the past few days and are pretty excited to keep it going ...

The Magnetic Fields (with Tanya Donelly opening) tonight in Boston.

The Red Sox have an over-filled bullpen, so now they've traded for Joel Hanrahan. I'm not sure what I sense ...

Former Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy was on reddit today and offered up the following: [–]trinitron13 23 points 2 hoursago I know you have had a bit of a history with Wilco (via Twitter) and that you are a big music fan. Who are some of your favorite artists and what was your walk out song when you bat? [–]DaleMurphy3[S] 96 points 2 hoursago I'm a huge Wilco fan and have gotten to see them a few times live. Incredible! As for other artists/bands I'm listening to: -The Civil Wars -The Avett Brothers -Markarians -The War on Drugs Walk-out songs weren't really around when I was playing,

Big Chabon fan but this isn't doing it for me. I will plow through (because I have a hard time not finishing books) but this is really sprawling and all over the place and I'm having trouble keeping track of what's going on. There is some great writing but there is also lots of writing that to me seems like he is trying too hard.

A friend just sent me this link from archive.org. It's described as "a seamless audio supercut of an entire year of the Grateful Dead tuning their instruments, live on stage. Chronologically sequenced, this remix incorporates every publicly available recording from 1977, examining the divide between audience expectation and performance anxiety." It's weirdly hypnotic (but I will admit to have not listened to all 90 minutes of it): http://archive.org/details/gd1977-12-31_505

Funniest line I saw about the Nirvana/McCartney set: "You say goodbye, I say hello, hello, hello, how low."

Agree with most of those listed. I have probably listened to the Europe '72 version more than any other. It was the first one I ever heard and I still love it. One of my favorites that I saw was 10/12/84 in Augusta Maine.

Got tickets for Boston. Never seen him/them so I'm pretty excited ...